RAIN! Circling Approach and ATC, Cessna Citation Landing Saint Louis Downtown Airport 

+Greg Ellis thanks Greg.

+Capt John Thanks Captain, like the new profile picture.

+New State Journal Thanks, it was very kind of you to say that.

thanks James.

+Cirrus Driver I agree, always better to opt for the ILS.

+Hal Leventhal Thanks Hal and a very merry Christmas to you and yours also.

+Anthony L Thanks Anthony.

Posted the same higher up.

+Brian K Rich MD Thanks Brian. These were fast moving low layers and showers. There would be a big hole and by the time you got there it would be gone.

+Garrett Temple I was hoping you said I was going to get a raise for that one.

+captmoonbeam I've see you do tougher landings

+BossaNossa1 You're welcome

+hesynergy Thanks lots!!

+Geoffrey Gallaway thanks.

+Ota Vio Thanks Ota Vio.

Thanks Eric.

+Piloto de Caça Your welcome. Hope your having great flying weather in Brazil today.

+Stacy Tipton Light Sport Pilot Thanks and a very merry Christmas to you Stacy.

+Tim H thanks Tim. appreciate the kind words. Don't worry I'm old school too. I had to get one of my fans working line service in Dallas to explain Instagram to me.

You do the same and try to stay warm.

+Neil Gusthart Thanks Neil.

+steve hobbs thanks Steve But, it takes a crew of two. I gotta give Scott half the credit.

Things do get busy once we're in the terminal area.

+Steven Favignano Thanks Steven. Not every one agrees with that but, I think this angle gives a much better feeling for what the pilot is actually seeing. If the camera is centered between the pilots then moved back where you can see the crew then, it's not the same as what the crew experiences. It's more like a passenger view from the bench seat. In the Citation we have large windshields and have a broad unrestricted view of what's in front of us and to the side. Hope you guys have a great Christmas. I just got home after 5 days of running and am looking forward to the holiday.

+Marcelo Delima Thanks Marcelo.

+John Mahoney yeah they do, they move through it and make quick and good decisions.

Just another day at the office Brian

+B Kreative Happy to have you here.

+Kenneth Bratvogel Happy Holidays Ken. Always happy to see someone with a Saint Louis connection here.

Thanks Elena.

+Don Kendrick Thanks Don. You guys have a good Christmas.

+captmoonbeam this got me thinking. Most of the aviation cockpit videos on RU-vid have no ATC/Crew audio. The ones that do a lot of times don't really have any discussion of field conditions or planning.

+captmoonbeam Merry Christmas to You and you're Family too, Jim.

+captmoonbeam I found the back and forth between you guys very interesting. More of that would be great.

+Don Kendrick Thanks Don.

thanks Doug.

Thanks.

+Joey Carrion thanks Joey.

Thanks M2r DDD

I have another question for you. You had an older video, you had a call-sign of N2Q, you said they are hard to get, so you keep it when you go to another A/C. SO Just how do you acquire such a short N number. you never really got into details.

thanks Ronald.

+ibtm thanks and a merry Christmas top you.

+Alexander Bejermyr Thanks.

+Skyhawk thanks Skyhawk. Yes that thing drives me crazy. It's still trying to fly the ILS, a lot of times I'll spin the altitude up so it won't automatically re-present the delta/chevron.

+DeaconMike Thanks Deacon. It always looks worse than it is.

+bicu77 Thanks.

+david barker Hi David. We normally turn on our Ant-ice equipment at +10 C or lower in visible moister. Low pressure areas on the wing and engine cowl are where low pressure cooling tends to be more of a problem, Not the windshield. We were at +6. Normally any ice on the windshield melts off as soon as we hit +1 or +2. those temps combined with the high airflow will melt it right off in a few seconds. I think we may have passed through a layer of warm air that freezing rain was falling through.

Thanks Airspotter. I've been there a couple of times and loved it. I just need to find someone who needs to fly to London.

Didn't seen like a good match. Was OK, but not a match.

He seemed almost rude to approach and tower.

I would have been so annoyed.....we get it...you would not have been able to get in on the RNAV

I agree , your sidekick seems to know it all.

Yes, definitely an attitude problem.

In the video the camera and monitors are out of sync. But, you don't see that with your eyes.

+Ryan Ripley Hi Ryan. Thanks for watching. Sorry to hear that. The vision and hearing test knock a lot of people out. Pilots never escape, if you fly long enough eventually one of the items they test for knocks you out.

I don't think so.

+Michael Schafir there is and that would have been the first choice. But, that would have meant landing with a very strong tailwind that would have exceeded the tailwind landing limitation for the aircraft.

Makes perfect sense. Thank you.

+Michael Mitiszek Hi Michael. The Encore is not certified for single pilot operations but, you can get a waiver from the FAA to fly it single pilot. That's an additional check ride on top of the one you would normally take. We can't fly it single pilot because of the type operations we fly. My copilot flies an Encore for another company and he flies it single pilot half the time.

it's always fun.

+Windtee B, returning home, a lot of times our ref is only 98 kts. Your right about the obstructions. Arriving from the west there is an antennae farm, hi-rise buildings and the arch.

No, just flying back home.

OK, thanks.

Sarcastic?

+Mike Thomson If you start to pick up ice, get out of it. Icing tends to occur in layers and often a change of altitude with an associated temperature or moisture change will get you out of the icing.

captmoonbeam Hey pilot! I need help . please tell me. I have ppl and i flew only on cessna 152 , what should i do to fly cessna 172 ? with the fixed pitch prop . Do i need to fly with instructor to get ( type rating ) or i'm able to fly right now ? Of course after reading POH .

+BossaNossa1 Merry Christmas Bossa.

For some reason, no. I think it's helpful they're all made by the same manufacturer. Lots of commonalities.

captmoonbeam Truly amazing. Keep enjoying flying for all of us who don't fly anymore.....👍 Cheers from France.

+BossaNossa1 The change comes with the speed and distance we are moving. In this video we probably cover 125 miles and the pressure is changing from one area to another.

@@captmoonbeam -- Especially that day. 😀

I can't say I have an absolute favorite. I like flying different airplanes.

+BossaNossa1 If we had landed on the runway when we broke out the strong tailwind would have pushed us much further down the runway than was safe. That's why we circled to the other side so that we could land into the wind and reduce our landing distance.

+BossaNossa1 the controller was working multiple frequencies over a large geographic area. We never saw the American flight.

+BossaNossa1 our ref was probably 98 kts so that is slightly fast.

+crapper1 That is considered a Circling Approach. Has prescribed minimums and approach profile so far from scud running. Was a well executed circling approach.

Fo talks too much and distracting....needs to zip it

+HJVibetv Here's another thumbs up for Bryan.